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Subject: Re: Sabrestown Author: RCM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 02:56:56pm Author Host/IP: syn-045-046-140-085.res.spectrum.com/45.46.140.85 In reply to: NUSuperfan 's message, "Re: Sabrestown" on Monday, November 18, 01:27:47pm Well, I at least go to NU hockey games. I haven't been to a bball game in 20 years. Basketball is not something that is discussed or even thought of in my house. The kids like hockey so I go. There is literally zero incentive for an average fan to even TRY and learn about players in mid major sports. Especially a team that literally starts over each year. I suspect when the NU hockey team is good again I will care. I couldnt make 10 players on the Buffalo Sabres either. When they are good I will care again and get to know the players. Maybe what is at play here is more of a generational divide. A divide that is being seen in music, sports, media, etc. Younger folks are not as die hard about anything. When it is interesting they will care. When it is not there are literally a million other things to consume one's time. Niagara Basketball back in the day was an event. Good teams, good crowds. And if you wanted to see good D1 sports you went to an NU basketball game. The cold hard calculus now is "well I could go there to watch, I could park, I could walk to the game, I could sit in a half filled field house" or...I could just stay home and watch any basketball or football team I want in my house. On a 70" TV, with surround sound, while placing some bets, drinking some beer, and having ten steps to use the mens room. The things that are important to the older generation of fans is not important to younger fans. Hell its not even important to the students who attend the school. I am not saying the "older" way is bad or invalid. I am saying you have to make people care. The average age of folks at hockey games at NU is probably 35 years younger than a basketball game. Basketball is not big in WNY anymore. Hockey remains big. If that makes me a fair weather fan so be it. But NU hockey for a young family in Lewiston is the best entertainment money out there. Hands down. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Sabrestown Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 04:42:29pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 You make a lot of valid points, RCM...good post ! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Sabrestown Author: Purp 1 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 05:47:34pm Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50 I agree with RCM. but that hockey program isn't brand new. Twenty eight years and counting.. and....AHEM! The M&T Bank Arena at Quinnipiac University cost $52 million to build. The 185,000-square-foot facility opened in January 2007 as part of a $360 million project to develop the York Hill campus. The arena houses a 3,400-seat hockey rink, a 3,600-seat basketball court, locker rooms, a weight training facility, and other amenities. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Seriously, wake up Author: Purp 1 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 07:15:51pm Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50 Will you ever realize in all the times you've wasted on this board that NU is a relatively small Catholic school. Lower Division I a correct ranking. Attended by mostly woman. Niagara University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,747 (fall 2023), with a gender distribution of 33.9% male students and 66.1% female students. Can we get out of elementary school for most of this discussion long enough to realize that having hockey doesn't do jack didly squat for enrollment. If it did and the ratio went to say 70/30, it would be at the top of my list for schools to apply to. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Seriously, wake up Author: RCM [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 07:59:05pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/146.75.236.0 There are currently 5 club hockey teams on campus. That represent 120 paying students. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Seriously, wake up Author: Purp 1 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 09:59:28pm Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50 Nothing wrong with that. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Seriously, wake up Author: RCM [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 10:15:06pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/104.28.76.70 The point was more illustrative. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Seriously, wake up Author: Purp 1 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 18, 10:38:23pm Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50 None of that changes the financial doings of the men's hockey program. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Seriously, wake up Author: Bankrupt [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 05:49:23am Author Host/IP: NoHost/104.28.132.137 That is for sure! Huge waste of money [ Post a Reply to This Message ]